Ex parte Baker
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for a discharge on a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
This is an application for the discharge of the prisoner under a writ of habeas corpus.
He is confined in the county jail of the city and county of San Francisco, awaiting trial under an information charging the offense of embezzlement.
One of the grounds relied upon by the petitioner for his discharge is, that the information upon which he is about to be tried is void, by reason of the fact that he has never been legally committed by a magistrate.
It appears that the court, upon motion of the defendant, set aside the first information filed against him, upon the ground that he had not been…
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